ENSafrica successfully represented Virgin Active in a South African Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) matter, regarding a Virgin Active TV advertisement that used the expression “get...
Trade mark owners continue to successfully use the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) as a forum for resolving what are essentially trade mark disputes.
The latest case,...
The cyber-industry of mobile application development for smartphones and tablets Apps is an area that has gained exponential growth over recent years.
A report compiled by...
In South Africa, the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) is often used as a forum for trade mark-style disputes. As a recent decision shows, however, success...
In South Africa, the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) is a voluntary body and its members agree to be bound by its rulings. Yet companies that...
Recently, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (“DAFF”) sent a reminder to the dairy industry, urging all relevant stakeholders to ensure that their dairy and imitation dairy products comply with the new Regulations relating to the Classification,…
Well-known musician and recovering alcoholic, PJ Powers, was left seeing red recently following a print ad by supermarket giant, SPAR, which used her name without her consent. …